Phil Rizzuto Quotes


I'll (Phil Rizzuto) never forget September 6, 1950. I got a letter threatening me, Hank Bauer, Yogi Berra and Johnny Mize. It said if I showed up in uniform against the Red Sox I'd be shot. I turned the letter over to the FBI and told my manager Casey Stengel about it. You know what Casey did? He gave me a different uniform and gave mine to Billy Martin. Can you imagine that! Guess Casey thought it'd be better if Billy got shot.


Citations

Dickson, Paul. Baseball's Greatest Quotations. HarperCollins, 1991.

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Phil Rizzuto
Phil Rizzuto
  • Born: September 25, 1917
  • Died: August 13, 2007
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Celebrity

Philip Francis Rizzuto, nicknamed "The Scooter", was an American Major League Baseball shortstop. He spent his entire 13-year baseball career with the New York Yankees (1941–1956), and was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.